Oh my gods! Great saints, has your radiance all abandoned me?
She looked up at the sky in silence, reflecting for a moment, before asking, "So what should we do next?"
Rong Yi held the jade pendant in his hand and said, "Moon's Guidance, as the name suggests, is something that can attract the Moon Gem and sense its presence. When my father the king passed it to me, he said that although this gem has no special demonic power, it can attract the most magical gem in the world... So, if we awaken it, it will be able to feel the call of the Moon Gem!"
"And how do we awaken it?"
"With blood. A blood sacrifice can awaken it."
As he spoke, Rong Yi picked up a paper knife from the desk and cut his index finger: "Only the blood of our wolf clan's king can awaken it."
"Wait a second!" Qiqi jumped up to stop Rong Yi's action. "Disinfect! Disinfect first! The knife isn't clean either..."
She grabbed some alcohol and cotton balls, disinfected Rong Yi's index finger, and pulled out a disposable syringe from the medical kit: "Let me draw a bit of blood for you!"
As a future medical worker, she couldn't tolerate any unhygienic injury.
After pricking his finger, crimson blood dripped onto the green jade pendant. Strangely, the blood didn't slide off like water droplets but vanished with a "hiss"!
The surface of the jade pendant remained spotless, leaving no trace behind.
"Wow, it can absorb blood?" Qiqi was amazed.
Rong Yi wore an expression of "how ignorant, how terrifying": "A blood sacrifice naturally requires the blood to seep into the jade pendant to awaken it. Now that it has received my call, it will soon wake up."
The jade pendant was placed squarely on the study desk. Qiqi and Rong Yi leaned over the table, waiting for the miracle to happen.
However, time ticked by. Ten minutes later, Qiqi's eyes were sore, and her neck was stiff, but the jade pendant remained motionless, silent and calm, showing no signs of "waking up."
"Could it have overslept?" Qiqi broke the silence.
Rong Yi stared at the pendant, his brows furrowed, his expression grave, as if facing a major problem: "The jade pendant hasn't changed. Maybe my blood no longer works on it..."
"Huh? Why?"
"This pendant is the king's token. Only the blood of the wolf clan's king can awaken it... I've been away from the demon realm for so long. They must have chosen a new emperor by now, right? It seems I'm no longer their demon king."
His expression was a bit desolate, tinged with sadness, making him look pitiful.
Qiqi quickly comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay! As long as you're alive, there's always a way to return to the demon realm! Then you can reclaim your lost territory!"
Rong Yi smiled, shaking off the gloom: "True. But what do we do now? If we can't awaken the Moon's Guidance, we can't sense the Moon Gem's location; without the Moon Gem, we can't save your Senior Brother Lu..."
Though his words expressed regret over the situation, his face showed a hint of relief—a classic look of schadenfreude, kicking someone when they're down.
Qiqi was anxious, turning the jade pendant over and over in her hands.
"Good pendant, please wake up!"
"Pendant big brother, open sesame..."